Rice blast : interaction with rice and control : proceedings of the 3rd International Rice Blast Conference

Preface. Acknowledgement. Overview on the chemical control of rice blast disease I. Yamaguchi. I: Pathogen: Molecular Biology. RNA silencing in the blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea H. Nakayshiki, N. Kadotani, Y. Tosa, S. Mayama. SAGE (Serial Analysis of Gene Expression) in Magnaporthe grisea -Profiling of cAMP-inducible genes involved in appressorium formation- T. Irie, H. Matsumura, R. Terauchi, H. Saitoh. Approach to understand metabolic networks involved in appressorium function of Colletotrichum lagenarium G. Tsuji, S. Fujii, N. Fujihara, S. Tsuge, Y. Kubo. Proteomics of Magnaporthe grisea: liquid chromatography mass spectrometry for the identification of extracellular proteins S.-C. Wu, J. Johnson, A.G. Darvill, P. Albersheim, R. Orlando. Identification and characterization of secreted proteins from Magnaporthe grisea G. Lu, C. Filippi, D. Li, D. Ebbole. Repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) in Magnaporthe grisea: evidence for the presence of sexual cycle in nature K. Ikeda, H. Nakayashiki, Y. Tosa, S. Mayama. Relationship between two avirulence genes, Avr-hattan 3 and Avr-piks N. Yasuda, K. Hirayae, N. Hayashi, Y. Fujita, M. Tsujimoto, T. Nakajima. II: Host: Plant Resistance. Genome evolution and function of resistance genes K. Hirano, S. Kawasaki. Broad-spectrum resistance genes Pi2(t) and Pi9(t) are clustered on chromosome 6 G. Liu, S. Qu, B. Zhou, L. Zeng, G.-L. Wang. Fine genetic mapping and physical delimitation of the rice blast resistance gene Pi5(t) to a 70-kb DNA segment of the rice genome J.-S. Jeon, D. Chen, G.-H. Yi, G. L. Wang, S. Kawasaki, P.C. Ronald. Transposon-insertion lines of rice for analysis of gene function A. Miyao, H. Hirochika. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) reactions to rice blast isolates from Japan and the Philippines Y. Fukuta, M.J.T. Yanoria, D. Mercado-Escueta, L.A. Ebron, Y. Fujita, E. Araki, G.S. Khush. Selection of criterional varieties for evaluation of blast partial resistance of rice in the Tohoku region of Japan T. Kataoka, H. Kato, T. Takita, N. Yokogami, M. Yamaguchi. Genetic dissection and mapping of genes conferring field resistance to rice blast in Japanese upland rice S. Fukuoka, T. Shimizu, M. Yano, K. Okuno, T. Nagamine. Studies on partial resistance to rice blast in the tropics H. Kato, H. Tsunematsu, L.A. Ebron, M.J.T. Yanoria, D.M. Mercado, G.S. Khush. Microarray analysis of gene expression in rice treated with probenazole, a resistance inducer, in special reference to blast disease M. Nishiguchi, M. Shimono, Y. Eguchi, H. Okuizumi, J. Yazaki, K. Nakamura, F. Fujii, K. Shimbo, Z. Shimatani, Y. Nagata, A. Hashimoto, T. Ohta, Y. Sato, S. Honda, M. Iwano, Yamamoto, K. Sakata, T. Sasaki, N. Kishimoto, S. Kikuchi. Cytology of infection and host resistance in rice blast disease H. Koga, O. Nakayachi. Probenazole (Oryzemate(R)) - a plant defense activator M. Iwata, K. Umemura, N. Midoh. III: Host: Resistance Breeding. Genetic engineering for blast disease resistance in rice, using a plant defensin gene from Brassica species M. Kawata, T. Nakajima, K. Mori, T. Oikawa, S. Kuroda. Transgenic rice expressing wasabi defensin gene exhibit its enhanced resistance to blast fungus (Magnaporthe grisea) H. Kanzaki, S. Nirasawa, H. Saitoh, M. Ito, M. Nishihara, S. Yamamura, K. Suzuki, R. Terauchi, I. Nakamura. Improved breeding for resistance to blast disease D. Tharreau, C. Kaye, I. Fudal, H. Bohnert, M.H. Lebrun, Y. Wang, X. Zhu, Y. Shen, Z. Ling, J. Xu,